LETHBRIDGE — Once she got a couple of disastrous draws out of her system, Kristie Moore has been the giant killer at these 2013 Alberta Scotties, dispatching higher seeded teams with methodical regularity.

She put a capper on an improbable run on Sunday afternoon, making the shot of the playdowns, en route to an 8-7 extra-end victory over Renee Sonnenberg in the first ever all-Grande Prairie final at the 2013 provincial women’s curling championship.

The grand prize: a trip to the 2013 Canadian women’s event in Kingston, Ont., in three weeks.

Moore — who gave birth to twins in August and formed her team of third Blaine deJager, second Michelle Dykstra and lead Amber Cheveldave shortly thereafter — needed a draw to the button in order to get the one she needed and did just that, as she, her mates and the crowd at the Lethbridge Curling Club held their collective breath.

“I thought I was pretty close,” smiled Moore, a former Canadian and world junior champ while with Heather Nedohin. “I didn’t feel the pressure there. I just tried to focus on the feel that I’ve had all week and I didn’t really think about results because, either way, we played a good game. I had to draw the pin, lay it all out there and see what happens.

“I wasn’t sure because they (her teammates) kind of dropped their hands and they’re kind of looking and I’m like did we win or not? Do I do a big cheer or do I look like an idiot?”

Moore, who was seeded 10th out of 12 rinks, really came into her own on the ‘C’ side of the draw, winning six straight and defeating the likes of 2010 winner Val Sweeting and four-time champ Shannon Kleibrink on the championship side of the draw. In Sunday morning’s semifinal, the 33-year-old put an end to Laura Crocker’s dreams by fashioning a 6-5 squeaker.

“The ice is nice, you just have to throw them true and if you do, you get good results,” she explained. “We had a rough season and it was a large learning curve for us because all of us, expect for our lead, is playing a different position.”

As it turns out, she owes a debt of gratitude to her quick-arriving twins.

“Luckily they were five weeks early and I was able to start the season,” she said with a grin. “And everyone was safe and happy.”

Moore and Sonnenberg have been among the most trustworthy skips during the five-day tournament, but that didn’t mean there weren’t mistakes on this afternoon. One of those occurred in the seventh when Sonnenberg, looking to draw to the four-foot for a single, instead was heavy and the opposition stole two.

Heading into the 10th end and holding the hammer, Sonnenberg needed to score a deuce and it was going to take a perfect shot for the veteran skip to do so and so she did. She threw her rock around a guard and knocked out the Moore counter, notching two to send the game into an extra end.

“It’s curling,” acknowledged the gracious Sonnenberg, a two-time provincial champ who was unbeaten heading into the final. “We missed a couple of opportunities early to force them. When I hit my own out, it wasn’t ideal. But we forced her to draw the pin and she made it so kudos to them. I thought she was heavy and if she doesn’t rub ours, we’re good. But it curled enough and that’s why we play the game; to force a team to make a shot like that.”